Abstract Introduction Many married Sri Lankan women annually migrate for employment
overseas. Despite widely speculated psychological consequences in these children, their …

Introduction: Labour export is the main source of foreign exchange earning for Sri Lanka.
Women form 52% of this and when they migrate, many of them leave behind their children …

I have long advocated the establishment in each Grama Niladhari Division of Protection
Committees that will have vulnerability indices, so that those in positions of responsibility in …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to describe hitherto unexplored issues related to
sexual abuse of left-behind children of migrant women in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology …

Objectives: To describe self-perceived burden of childcare on Primary Carers (PCs) of
children of women migrants. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in Colombo …

Nearly 1.6 millions Sri Lankan migrants worked overseas by the end of 2007, and more than
50% of them were female housemaids. Most of these housemaids were in the 20-44 year …